The Supplementary Benefit (Requirements and Resources) Amendment Regulations 1987

Statutory Instruments

1987 No. 1325

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Supplementary Benefit (Requirements and Resources) Amendment Regulations 1987

Made

24th July 1987

Coming into force

for the purposes of regulation 4

1st September 1987

for all other purposes

27th July 1987

The Secretary of State for Social Services, with the consent of the Treasury(1), in pursuance of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976(2) and in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(3), 2(2), 33(5) and 34(1)(3) of, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of that Schedule to, that Act and section 166(2) and (3) of the Social Security Act 1975(4) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations insofar as they are required to be referred to it(5) should not be so referred, hereby makes the following Regulations of which a draft has, in accordance with section 33(3) of the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976, been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

(1)

See section 33(3) of the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71).

(2)

1976 c. 71, as amended by section 6(1) of, and Part I of Schedule 2 to, the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30).

(3)

See definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(4)

1975 c. 14; section 166(2) and (3) was applied by section 33(2) of the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71).

(5)

See section 10(2) of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30).